Tinseltown is the ultimate playground for power couples, where they make headlines before they even make moves. But while Hollywood loves to feast on every juicy detail of celebrity romances, some secrets stay locked behind the velvet ropes. That’s when fans turn into full-blown detectives, armed with magnifying glasses and wild theories. And when it comes to music stars? Fans do not even stop at mere gossip because they are ready with a thesis for every song lyric. Earlier this year, Taylor Swift turned her fandom into night owls and then came in Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Taste’ that fans thought was all about Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.

Amidst all that, Mendes, however, stepped in and called his love with Cabello the real deal.

When Sabrina Carpenter dropped ‘Short n’ Sweet’ in August, fans were quick to dive in, convinced her lyrics were all about her whirlwind fling with Shawn Mendes in 2023—right before locking lips with Camila Cabello at Coachella in April. But in a recent heart-to-heart on the Jay Shetty Podcast, Mendes opened up about how “brutal” his relationship with Cabello was under the glaring public spotlight while blasting how this is not a movie but, “this is real love.”

Mendes did not mince words and admitted fame does not come with a guide to do away with vulnerability. But he is proud of how he and Cabello have done a stellar job keeping most of it private. He added that no matter how strong you are mentally when the whole world has something to say about your relationship; it is hard not to feel the pressure. Still, knowing they had put everything into protecting each other and their love, his words came from a place of deep respect and pure adoration.

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Mendes even confessed to taking a social media hiatus for this very reason.

Shawn Mendes’ recent conversation on the Jay Shetty Podcast was a Camila Cabello appreciation session where he even spilled he is done scrolling through social media. According to him, paying attention to what people say about his love life is a one-way ticket to relationship drama that comes with the onus of stardom. But in real life, real love is messy and complicated, something he knows everyone can relate to.

Mendes is all about keeping it real, both as a celeb and a human, and he is not afraid to be honest about how tough love can be. When asked about the secret sauce for shielding their relationship from online gossip, he dropped the truth bomb: over-communication. Fans witnessed those sparks fly when they spotted them at the Copa America final this year, and now, with Mendes revealing how they have successfully navigated the challenges of fame, the level of respect has increased tenfold.

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